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US 7,727,563 B2Granted
Methods of using pomegranate extracts for treating diabetes related atherosclerotic complications in humans
AssigneePOM Wonderful, LLC
InventorMichael Aviram
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Abstract
One or more embodiments of the invention are directed to methods of using pomegranate extracts for treating diabetes related atherosclerotic complications in humans. The methods comprise the step of administering to the patients a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an extract from pomegranate.
Claims16
A method of treating a person with diabetes comprising:
- administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pomegranate juice composition to a diabetic patient, wherein said pomegranate juice composition comprises sugars from pomegranate,
- wherein diabetic parameters of said diabetic patient are not significantly affected by said therapeutically effective amount of said pomegranate juice composition, and wherein said pomegranate juice composition is prepared by:
- crushing and squeezing whole fruits of pomegranate including inner and outer peels and seeds to yield a soluble juice component and an insoluble by-product component;
- separating the soluble juice component from the insoluble by-product component;
- and removing the insoluble by-product component therefrom to produce said pomegranate juice composition.
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A method of treating a person with diabetes comprising:
- administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pomegranate juice composition to a diabetic patient, wherein said pomegranate juice composition comprises sugars from pomegranate,
- wherein diabetic parameters of said diabetic patient are not significantly affected by said therapeutically effective amount of said pomegranate juice composition, and
- wherein said pomegranate juice composition is prepared by:
- crushing and squeezing whole fruits of pomegranate including inner and outer peels and seeds to yield a soluble juice component and an insoluble by-product component;
- separating the soluble juice component from the insoluble by-product component;
- resuspending the insoluble by-product component in an aqueous medium;
- crushing, squeezing, and mixing the resuspended by-product component to yield a soluble portion of the insoluble portion;
- separating the soluble portion from the insoluble portion;
- and
- combining the soluble portion with the soluble juice component to produce said pomegranate juice composition.
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A method of treating a person with diabetes related atherosclerotic complications comprising:
- determining a presence of atherosclerotic complications in a diabetic patient;
- and
- administering a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a pomegranate extract to said diabetic patient to treat said atherosclerotic complication without an adverse effect on diabetic parameters,
- wherein said pomegranate extract is prepared by a process comprising:
- crushing and squeezing whole fruits of pomegranate including inner and outer peels and seeds to yield a soluble juice component and an insoluble by-product component;
- and
- separating the soluble juice component from the insoluble by-product component and removing the insoluble by-product component therefrom to produce said pomegranate extract.
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